Rodriguez would become the third top-level district administrator to
resign in the past five days. Seven cabinet members have resigned since
Superintendent Mike Miles started in July.

Rodriguez, a former television news reporter, joined DISD in March to
oversee the communications department. She took on the pivotal role of
trying to help improve Superintendent Mike Miles and the district’s
internal and external communications.

On her blog, Ranger wrote that “Superintendent Mike Miles has
confirmed that Communications Chief, Rebecca Rodriguez, the first
Hispanic woman to lead the district’s Communications Department, will
resign today.”

Rodriguez hasn’t returned several voicemail messages for comment.

Her possible resignation follows Miles’ reorganization of his cabinet
last week after two chiefs resigned. He promoted several employees to
top positions after personnel chief Charles Glover and operations chief
Kevin Smelker exited.

Rodriguez replaced Jennifer Sprague, a former confidante of Miles who
followed the superintendent to Dallas from their former Colorado school
district. She was widely criticized for her $180,000 salary and her
inexperience. She resigned in December.

Rodriguez came to Dallas ISD from the city of Arlington, where she was the spokesperson.

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